The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy
Author
Bishop, K. David
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2023
2023-03-06
143
1
3
62
journal article
298463
10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
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2513-9894
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WILLIE WAGTAIL
Rhipidura leucophrys
#
Local name
Manggupre (Kuneff).
Range
R. l. melaleuca
Biak, Supiori, Rani, Numfor, Yapen.
Status
Resident. Widespread and locally common, especially in and around villages, at the edges of Biak town and in lightly vegetated farmland.
6 August 2015
: six on Rani (N. Voaden, eBird checklist S24512191).
Breeding
11 January 1997
: nest in a
Plumeria
sp.
tree;
12 January 1997
: nest atop a
TV
antenna
;
12 October 1997
: nest at tip of a palm frond
c
.
3.5 m
above a stream (SvB).